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[acelanceloet]

yeah, I would increase hull depth with one deck.

[klagldsf]

I know I'm coming in late but I'm having a hard time trying to justify this over just another DDG-51. In fact the fact that it's double-bay actually hurts its case. I'm thumbing that the hull speed is probably better than a DDG-51 but that's about it. The DDG-51 Flight III has:

- a bigger gun
- a bigger helicopter hangar that can stow two choppers, no-sweat (yours can only hold one)
- more space for crew comfort and workability
- a high-end version of SPY-1
- Plus I'm wondering about stability issues given that it looks like you're trying to pack in practically DDG-51 capability onto a hull barely bigger than an OHP.

[Blackbuck]

Being a frigate which IMO in this context should be cheap(ish) and spammable I've gotta agree with klag.

If it were me I'd do the following:

• Ditch SPY-1 for something proven and maybe handed down from prior classes to be updated at a later date
• Remove the rear VLS (two blocks on a frigate is ludicrous in my eyes)
• Improve aviation facilities to take two helos
• Improve freeboard and hull depth having removed SPY-1 and its necessarily large structure

[klagldsf]

There's a version of SPY-1 (SPY-1F I believe) that's designed for smaller vessels (has smaller faces, fitted to Fritof Nordsen), likewise SPY-5.

[heuhen]

Fritof Nordsen

I have never heard about that ship before...

[Karle94]

Ooh, are we getting a new ship?

[klagldsf]

The name of that ship that I can't bother to spell with your crazy names, you still know what I mean.

[bezobrazov]

...Say after me: N - A - N - S - E - N...

See, that wasn't so hard, was it now?

(Yeah, my wife who's an AP Spanish teacher, here in Texas, has the same problem having her kids pronounce her last name (half of which is mine, and that's the hard part!) - But she's come up with a pretty clever solution, so now everyone can get it on the first try! That's some Scandinavian names for you...

[heuhen]

The name of that ship that I can't bother to spell with your crazy names, you still know what I mean.

usually I check the inter-web about how that and that name is spelled. before I post anything. I don't want to say that "Arlig Burk" thingy is .... or

[klagldsf]

...Say after me: N - A - N - S - E - N...

See, that wasn't so hard, was it now?

When our European friends can pronounce Chihuahua you can get back to me on that

(don't help them - no cheating)